River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-08-18

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for the time being, though one of them was
shot by the officers, and probably disabled
Frank Schooling committed suicide
at st. Paul. Mimi, on the 18th. He 3wal-
lowed whole cupful of a mixture contain
ing Paris green, and died in few moments
without speaking. Schooling was fifty seven
years old and leaves wife and nine chill
dren, some of whom are adults and self sup
porting. The suicide was the result of des-
pondency, brought on by domestic trou-
bles. He was poor man, and had been
without work for some time and drinking
heavily.
In arrosting a citizen at Des Moines,
Iowa, Friday, for having key of beer in
his barn. for private consumption only, the
constable and his assistant became excited
though no show of resistance was made and
fired shots, two taking effect on the person
OF the citizen mentioned, who was possibly
tata ly wounded the third striking an un-
offending man walking along the street
giving him an ugly wound in his thigh
The two officers are IN jail.
The mother of John H. Searles of
Boscobel, Wis, one OF the most prominent
residents of South western Wisconsin, was
buried Saturday. She was the mother of
fourteen children, tweve OF whom are now
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her sons include the Rev j. ID. Searles OF
Sparta, 5. 3 Searles, a respected citizen of
Minneapolis with extensive banking and
lumber interests in Dakota.
On the morning of the 10th, there
was cloud burst at Dry Run, near Pierre,
Oak The bridge was washed out and a
freight train wrecked. The passenger train
was tagged Conductor Nash by good
work got the train through late at night,
and saved serious trouble The station
house at Norbert was struck by lightning
and burned. 1t was occupied by section
crew, who We're all saved.
Grand Master Workman Powderly
has issued another circular denouncing
spectators in grain, coffee and other neces-
sites of life. He says that Dick Turpin and
Sixteen String Jack were models of virtue
compared with these modern robbers The
existence of grain, coffee and coal ex-
changes show the necessity of establishing
two mora farmers and laborers' ex-
change.
The Minnesota State Superintendent
of banks has granted a certificate author
izing the Stat Bank Of Hector, located at
Hector, Renville county, to commence
business. The capital stock paid in is
S39,OOO. Il. Ill. Gilbert of Glencoe, is presi
dent; VIM Griffith, OF Hector, vice-presi-
dent; A. r. Grese, Hector, cashier. This
makes 50 state banks doing business.
Eight stacks of grain owned by c.
A. Gilbert, one and half miles from Spring
Valley, Mimi, were set on fire Friday even
ing by a New York boy adop5ed by Mr..
Gilbert year ago, and were entirely con
sumed as we'll as a large brick barn some
twenty feet from the grain This is the c.
ond time the boy has attempted to fire the
stacks.
AT Brooklyn, Iowa, on the 10th,
Kings new opera house was burned, also a
harness shop aud several offices The opera
house cost $4,000, and was not insured
The other losses amount to 5000 partial
insurance One man was killed by "a
alling building and another fatally hurt
from being run over by fire engine
Reports are received of destructive
and dangerous forest and prairie fires at st.
Ignace, Cheboygan, Grand Haven, Cedar
Springs and Coleman, Mich, Nellsville,
Wis, Carlyle, HIS, and Michigan City, Ind.
Fires were burning at all these places on
the 9th, and the damage was almost too
great for computation.
A Yankton dispatch says the crop
prospects of Southern Dakota grow brighter
every day. Light rains have prevailed and
the corn and small grain are in such con
dition that neither drouth nor rainy
weather can effect them The yield of
small grain is much larger than was an
1cipated month ago.
During the Wisconsin storm Thurs
day evening boat on Lake Kegonsa, one
of the four lakes near Stoughton, contain
ing party of four young lady campers
was capsized and two of them, Miss Alta
Watson, of Bloomington, ID, and Miss
Loie Miller, Of Fulton, were drowned. The
bodies were recovered.
Homer Whiting, accidentally shot
and killed the three-year old daughter of
Andrew Helm, farmer residing near Bala-
ton Mimi. He was standing IN the yard with
gun i'll his hand when it discharged, the
load passing through the window and enter
ing the child's abdomen.
Chief of Police Wood of Fargo, OAK
had half dozen persons arrested at Barnes
vile, alleged to have in their possession
some of the property taken in several re
cent burglaries in Fargo, including an ele-
giant silver set taken from the residence of
w. A. Kindred.
DIR. $ H. Sandborg, of Red Wing,
Mimi, who left some weeks ago for Mon
tana and Idaho for the purpose of collect
ing botanical specimens has been burned
out by the Indians in that region, losing his
whole outfit and some GOO valuable speci-
mems
Edward Harmon, janitor at the
State Capitol, St. Paul, during Gov. Hub
bard's administration, committed suicide
by hanging, at Shakopee. Mimi, on the 18th.
He was overcome by the heat July 10, af-
fecting his mind. Nc other cause assigned.
Saltwater thunder and lightning so
terrified guest at hotel in that city the |
other night, that he jumped out of the win |
dow OF his room in his night APP
parel, and disappeared for several hours, |
the next morning for his clothing |
The first ear of new wheat to reach |
Duluth Mimi, was received on the 10th |
from Mapleton, Oak The berry was bright |
and plump, but in dirty condition. The in |
spector graded it mo. ! hard, to be clean |
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At Donnelly, Mimi, on the 10th, |
while Andrew johnson was trying to board |
a passing freight tram that did not stop at |
Donnelly he fell under the cars and both his |
legs were cut off. He died in a few hours |
Attorney General Clapp. has been
appointed as Minnesota's representative |
at the interstate extradition con
ference, which is to be held at the Murray |
Hill hotel in New York, August %.
Godfrey Frego, living in Canton Fill
more county, MINI, supposed TO be insane
from drink and trouble, suicided by pistol |
shot at IL O'Clock a. m. Wednesday on the /
platform of the railroad station.
The wife of John Boy of Chaska,
Mimi, procured a divorce on Tuesday and
that evening narrowly escaped being killed /
by Boy. Wednesday afternoon Boy shot /
himself, dying at six O'Clock
Mrs. r. C. wilkins, aged Sc. who
had been considered mildly insane. shot
herself through the right temple at her
bome at Northfelo, Mimi, on the 9th,
dying soon after.
Nicholas Long sold at St. Vincent,
Mimi, Saturday the first new barley sold in
that market He was paid - cents per
Dushel. and the yield was thirty five
bushels per acre
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